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Classic toys has to be the first army builder, but I hope down the line we get singles of the other Horde Trooper varients, making them stand out as leaders would be cool.

They raised the bar so high with the palace guards, I don't know how they are going to keep the Horde Troopers true to the original, yet blow our minds with accessories. Actually how many weapons has a Horde Trooper been seen with. The red staff from the toy, pistols and rifles from filmation, anything else? I don't think swords and axes would look good with a robot army.

Classic toys has to be the first army builder, but I hope down the line we get singles of the other Horde Trooper varients, making them stand out as leaders would be cool.

They raised the bar so high with the palace guards, I don't know how they are going to keep the Horde Troopers true to the original, yet blow our minds with accessories. Actually how many weapons has a Horde Trooper been seen with. The red staff from the toy, pistols and rifles from filmation, anything else? I don't think swords and axes would look good with a robot army.

We already got some axes and maces with the the Weapons Rack, which go great with Horde characters. So we need some red mean blasters, crossbows and staffs...

they could make the trooper by making a He-man Horde trooper variant. Just include a he-man head, a trooper helmet, and an optional add-on of a little blonde tuft to stick out, like in the movie. easy sell out quarterly variant.

I was thinking about accessories for these guys. What I think they should do is take the battle staff they came with, then on the bottom of it, make it look like the horde blaster from the filmation cartoon, u get a 2 for on in that because frankly, i never understood the purpose of those battle staff, they were too short for them, and it looked more like a regal thing a Horde inspecotr would carry then anything else. Also include them with some of those Horde Banners from the 200x cartoon, some of those swords the they carried in the 200x cartoon and the old school heads from when Hordak invaded Eternia in "Secret of the Sword"

Another year without Horde Troopers

So i guess the new snake men are taking this year's slot on 2 packs ... I just wonder why the delay with horde troopers? I mean, these are THE most requested army builder figures ever in MOTU and they haven't been updated since the 80's. I'm going out on a limb and say these are in fact the true definition or army building in MOTU, and as far as i'm concerned, the only ones i'd see collectors like myself buying in masses.

That being said, the new Snake Men are cool but, come on, bring us something all He-Fans \ She-Ravers truly want!

Clearly, they are holding them back for 2013 or later in order to make sure there are enough high-fan demand characters every year. Of course, what is to stop Matty from making them the last big item of 2012? We still have one $40 oversized slot left.

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I want Horde stuff. I know people like the Snakemen, but they always seem to be the end of the line when they hit. A lot of snake stuff in a short period now. I know we're getting Shadow Weaver and Horde Prime, but dammit I'd love to see Troopers and Modulok some time in the imminent future.

Clearly, they are holding them back for 2013 or later in order to make sure there are enough high-fan demand characters every year. Of course, what is to stop Matty from making them the last big item of 2012? We still have one $40 oversized slot left.

This. They will be used to help sell a sub either next year or 2014. They are highly requested fan demanded, you put them with Ram-Man, Tung Lashor, and Jitsu (Or substitute those with Mek-E-Neck, Rattlor, Ninjor, etc.) and more will sign up more than likely.

I think that Mattel is well aware as to how much the Horde Troopers are in demand and as a result are likely holding them hostage as subscription bait. With how the 2012 sub has underperformed for them, I can see them using the Troopers to drive up sales in 2013.

Besides, if we don't get them this year, I will be happy considering how we already have 2 important characters in the shape of Shadow Weaver and Horde Prime. I certainly don't need a third heavy hitter for the Horde this year, if we get someone else, hopefully it's Dragstor or maybe Multi-Bot in a beast slot.

I am expecting to see them next year. I wonder if they pushed them back in order to do Filmation style heads as varients? Or likely it is a marketing thing to entice sub sales. I know there is still one $40 slot left for this year but I really doubt we are going to get Snake men and Horde Troopers in the same year.

Horde Trooper should be the next subscription exclusive

Horde Trooper should be the next subscription exclusive. What better way to get people to have multiple subscriptions and to buy from resellers than making the ultimate army builder the subscription exclusive?

I'm saying this tongue in cheek, but could you envision this happening? Also, even if Horde Trooper isn't a subexclusive as a single pack or double pack, will they still limit the quantities like the other 2012 figures going forward are? The palace guards packs bombed (huge black friday sale quantities) and Matty might not realize that the Horde Troopers are infinitely more popular than them (ie. Star Wars stormtroopers vs. Rebel soldiers).

I find the cartoon Horde Troopers bland. Not a fan of them. I prefer the figure version because it has more details, but it's still not one of my favourites. Personally I think the Horde Trooper should be a single figure release and then Mattel could release later the Horde Knights from the MYP cartoon as an army builder and people would be free to choose which one they could buy multiples of.

I think the Horde Knights would be better as an army builder because you could conceivably swap the Horde armour and weapons with the Palace Gaurds or He-man etc.